100% Natural LEMONGRASS OIL

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Lemon grass is widely used as a herb in Asian cuisine. It has acitrus flavor and can be dried and powdered, or used fresh.

Lemon Grass Essential Oil Scientific Specifications KingdomPlantae (unranked) Angiosperms (unranked) Monocots (unranked)Commelinids Order Poales Family Poaceae Genus Cymbopogon Spreng.Cymbopogon (lemongrass) is a genus of about 55 species of grasses,native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Old World andOceania. It is a tall perennial grass. Common names include lemongrass, lemongrass, barbed wire grass, silky heads, citronellagrass, fever grass or Hierba Luisa amongst many others. Uses Lemongrass is native to India. It is widely used as a herb in Asiancuisine. It has a citrus flavor and can be dried and powdered, orused fresh. Lemon grass is commonly used in teas, soups, andcurries. It is also suitable for poultry, fish, and seafood. It isoften used as a tea in African and Latin American countries (e.g.,Togo, Mexico, DR Congo). Research also shows that lemon grass oilhas anti-fungal properties.[1] Citronella Grass (Cymbopogon nardusand Cymbopogon winterianus) is similar to the species above butgrows to 2 m and has red base stems. These species are used for theproduction of citronella oil, which is used in soaps, as a insectrepellent in insect sprays and candles, and also in aromatherapy,which is famous in Bintan, Indonesia. The principal chemicalconstituents of citronella, geraniol and citronellol, areantiseptics, hence their use in household disinfectants and soaps.Besides oil production, citronella grass is also used for culinarypurposes, in tea and as a flavoring. Lemon Grass Oil, used as apesticide and preservative, is put on the ancient manuscripts foundin India in Oriental Research Institute Mysore. The lemon grass oilalso injects natural fluidity into the brittle palm leaves and thehydrophobic nature of the oil keeps the manuscripts dry so that thetext is not lost to decay due to humidity. East-Indian Lemon Grass(Cymbopogon flexuosus), also called Cochin Grass or Malabar Grass(Malayalam: is native to Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, andThailand while the West-Indian lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus),also known as serai in Malay, is assumed to have its origins inMalaysia. Indonesian people used to called it serai too or sereh.While both can be used interchangeably, C. citratus is more suitedfor cooking. In India C. citratus is used both as a medical herband in perfumes. Cymbopogon citratus is consumed as a tea foranxiety in Brazilian folk medicine, [2] but a study in humans foundno effect.[3] The tea caused a recurrence of contact dermatitis inone case.[4] Lemon grass is also known as "Gavati Chaha" (it is akind of grass). It has medicinal properties and is used extensivelyin ancient Indian Ayurvedic medicines. It is supposed to help withrelieving cough and nasal congestion. Anti-Cancer Properties In2006 Dr. Rivka Ofir and Prof. Yakov Weinstein, incumbant of theAlbert Katz chair in Cell-Differentation and Malignant Diseases,from the Department Of Microbiology amd Immunology at Ben GurionUniversity in Israel, led a research team and found that Lemongrass (cymbopogon citratus) caused apoptosis (programmed celldeath) in malignant cancer cells. According to Dr. Ofir Citral isthe substance that causes the cancer cells to kill themselves.Template: Israel21c see article:http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enZone=Health&enDisplay=view&enPage=BlankPage&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Articles^l1272The BGU researchers checked the influence of the citral on normalcells and malignant cancer cells that were grown on a petri dish.The quantity added in the concentrate was equivelent to the amountin a cup of regular tea using one gram of lemon grass in hot water.While the citral killed the cancer cells, it left the normal cellsunharmed showing selective toxicity which amazed theresearchers.Template:Israel21c The findings were published in thescientific journal Planta Medica, which highlights research onalternative and herbal treatments. Shortly afterwards doctors wereperscribing patients to drink eight cups of hot water with lemongrass steeped in it on the days of their cheomotherapy andradiation treatments as well as three a day in in betweentreatments.Template:Israel21c.

100% Natural LEMONGRASS OIL